Which is better for retention? My natural hair feels so dry like a wire sponge when it's not wet. I feel if I leave it in dry state, it will start breaking.
I'm doing a long term stretch (still deciding on going natural or not) and I have been doing full head baggying to prevent dryness and breakage. It has been working for this so far to prevent breakage but I'm getting massive matting even though I do two french braids. Since its wet, the braids loosen and get matted and my shed hairs also get knotted around the relaxed parts. Because of this, I have had to yank chunk of hair out. This defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do. I just started doing bantu knots instead and no matting so far, so I hope this solves the problem. However I'm still tempted to keep it dry but I wonder if my hair will grow as first and retain as much if I keep it dry.
I'm doing a long term stretch (still deciding on going natural or not) and I have been doing full head baggying to prevent dryness and breakage. It has been working for this so far to prevent breakage but I'm getting massive matting even though I do two french braids. Since its wet, the braids loosen and get matted and my shed hairs also get knotted around the relaxed parts. Because of this, I have had to yank chunk of hair out. This defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do. I just started doing bantu knots instead and no matting so far, so I hope this solves the problem. However I'm still tempted to keep it dry but I wonder if my hair will grow as first and retain as much if I keep it dry.
